Ken Ellis: Made move from WR to CB

Players Considered Boycotting 1974 Finale

Cliff Christl started gathering oral histories with former Packers and others associated with the team in 2000 and will continue to gather them as Packers historian. Excerpts from those interviews will be periodically posted atwww.packers.com

Ken Ellis started every game at cornerback for the Packers from 1970-75 and was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1998. Drafted as a wide receiver out of Southern University in the fourth round in 1970, Ellis was moved to cornerback before the start of his rookie season. He was the Packers’ left cornerback in 1970 and ’71, then moved to right cornerback in 1972. He was named Associated Press All-Pro in…